FIRST PRINCIPLE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURAL, ELECTRONIC, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CUBIC FLUOROPEROVSKITES: (ZnXF3, X = Y, Bi) (original) (raw)
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